Ho Chi Minh City

See also: Hồ Chí Minh City

English

Alternative forms

• HCMC (initialism)
• Hồ Chí Minh City

Etymology

Calque of Vietnamese Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh. Named after Vietnamese communist revolutionary Ho Chi Minh.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌhəʊ tʃiː ˌmɪn ˈsɪti/

Proper noun

Ho Chi Minh City

1. The largest city of Vietnam.

   Synonyms: (historical) Saigon, (historical) Prey Nokor

Usage notes

This name is unofficially proscribed within some Vietnamese American communities, which continue to refer to the city as Saigon.

Translations

largest city of Vietnam

• Arabic: هُو تْشِي مِنْه m (hū tšī minh)
• Belarusian: Хашымі́н m (Xašymín)
• Burmese: ဟိုချီမင်းစီးတီး (huihkyimang:ci:ti:), ဟိုချီမင်း (huihkyimang:)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 胡志明市 (wu⁴ zi³ ming⁴ si⁵), 胡志明 (yue) (wu⁴ zi³ ming⁴)

  Mandarin: 胡志明市 (Hú Zhìmíng shì), 胡志明 (zh) (Hú Zhìmíng)

• Dutch: Ho Chi Minhstad
• Esperanto: Ho-Ĉi-Min-urbo
• Finnish: Ho Chi Minhin kaupunki
• German: Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt (de) n
• Greek: Χο Τσι Μινχ (Cho Tsi Minch)
• Japanese: ホーチミン市 (Hōchimin shi), ホーチミン (Hōchimin)
• Khmer: ហូជីមិញ (km) (houciimɨñ), ព្រៃនគរ (km) (prɨy nɔkɔɔ)
• Korean: 호찌민시 (Hojjiminsi), 호찌민 (Hojjimin)
• Lao: ໂຮຈີມິນ (hō chī min)
• Polish: Ho Chi Minh m, Sajgon (pl) m
• Portuguese: Cidade de Ho Chi Minh f
• Russian: Хошими́н m (Xošimín)
• Spanish: Ciudad Ho Chi Minh
• Thai: โฮจิมินห์ (hoo-jì-min)
• Ukrainian: Хошимі́н m (Xošymín)
• Vietnamese: Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh (vi), Hồ Chí Minh (vi)

Saigon — see Saigon